Mistica Foods LLC

Mistica Foods LLC, doing business as Mistica, is a small disadvantaged business manufacturer based in Addison, Illinois that supplies cooked and frozen meat commodities—pulled pork, beef patties, pork chops, turkey breast, and related protein products—to the Department of Agriculture as a prime contractor under Total Small Business and Partial Small Business set-asides, competing across both set-aside and full-and-open solicitations.

Mistica is a for-profit limited liability company and self-certified small disadvantaged business (SDB) that competes under both small business set-asides and unrestricted procurements. The vendor's output is dominated by NAICS 311611 (Animal Slaughtering) and 311612 (Meat Processed from Carcasses), with PSC 8905 (Meat, Poultry, and Fish) as the primary commodity classification. Across a portfolio of 117 prime awards since 2017, Mistica has delivered cooked and frozen protein commodities exclusively to USDA agencies—no subcontract activity, no work outside the Agriculture department's food assistance ecosystem.

Customer concentration is absolute: all five distinct agencies are subordinate offices within the Department of Agriculture. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) anchors the portfolio with 80 awards valued at $118.7 million, while the Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office holds 27 awards totaling $127.1 million combined potential value. The Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office, the AMS Specialty Crops Program, and the general USDA entity together account for 10 awards and $109 million. The two top customers are nearly balanced in dollar magnitude—AMS edges FNS by roughly $8.4 million—but FNS dominates by award count, indicating frequent smaller orders from the nutrition service and larger bundled procurements from AMS. Activity has remained steady, ranging from 10 to 15 awards per year over the past five years, with 2023 and 2025 representing peaks at 15 awards each.

Mistica holds three active parent IDVs, all with the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service: a $27.5 million multiple-award indefinite delivery contract (IDV 123J1423D0081) running through September 2023, a $1.2 million IDV (123J1423D0115) through June 2024, and a $3.9 million IDV (123J1424D0047) through December 2024. These vehicles enable task-order issuance against standing ceilings for commodity procurement. Recent definitive contract examples include a $6.513 million award from AMS on September 21, 2026 for cooked and frozen pulled pork under no set-aside; a $3.99 million FNS contract also dated July 23, 2026 for frozen cooked beef patties under Total Small Business set-aside; and a $1.55 million FNS award on September 17, 2026 for cooked frozen beef patties under Total Small Business set-aside. Mistica performs all work without identified subcontractors at its Addison manufacturing facility, with place of performance and delivery to USDA distribution points nationwide.

Six awards carrying combined potential value of $13.9 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete. Combined obligated dollars across the portfolio total $321.9 million against $354.5 million potential value, representing a 91% burn rate. Mistica's footprint is narrow but deep—specialized commodity meat manufacturing for a single customer department across food assistance programs including The Emergency Food Assistance Program and the National School Lunch Program, with firm-fixed-price contract structures and domestic U.S.-origin product requirements per Agricultural Acquisition Regulation.

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